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Baseball Brunch: Under-the-Radar Jackson Deal Pays Huge Dividends

By Ed PriceAug 9th 2009 – 10:00AM

Every Sunday, MLB FanHouse empties out its notebook in Baseball Brunch.The most significant trade of last winter barely caused a ripple at the time.The same day the Mets signed Francisco Rodriguez and traded for J.J. Putz, and the day after the Yankees came to terms with C.C. Sabathia, the Tigers sent outfielder Matt Joyce...

MLB Power Rankings: Week 2

By Will BrinsonApr 15th 2009 – 12:00PM

MLB Power Rankings: Where we care what you've done for us lately when we break down the who's who and the what's what in the baseball world each week.It's been a while since a week of baseball was this sad -- we saw the tragic passings of Nick Adenhart, Harry Kalas and Mark Fidrych. And without waxing too sentimentally,...

Thanks, Harry the K

By Dan GrazianoApr 14th 2009 – 1:45AM

Long, busy day -- the kind of day where you feel like you never stop writing. Which is okay, because my job is fun. But now that it's over, and it's late, and I'm back from the ballpark, I feel like I have to sit down and write just a little bit more.Because I'm really feeling this Harry Kalas news.I didn't know Harry...

Kalas Leaves 'Perfection' in Wake

By Andrew JohnsonApr 13th 2009 – 9:43PM

WASHINGTON -- Ruben Amaro Jr. can hardly remember listening to anyone but Harry Kalas call a Phillies game. Neither can Pennsylvania native and Phillies starting pitcher Jamie Moyer. And at 46, he's the oldest active player in the major leagues.That tells the story of Kalas' connection to Philadelphia in years alone. It...

Phillies Broadcaster Kalas Dies

By Ed PriceApr 13th 2009 – 2:18PM

WASHINGTON -- Popular long-time Phillies broadcaster Harry Kalas has died at Nationals Park today, the team confirmed. He was 73.Kalas, also known for his voiceover work with NFL Films, was in his 39th season with the Phillies.According to The Associated Press, team president David Montogomery said Kalas was found in the...

harry kalas News From the Web

  • 05/07/12 Norristown Native, Voice Of The Trail Blazers To Be... Source: CBS - KYW CBS 3 - Philadelphia PA NORRISTOWN, Pa. A Norristown native who spent nearly three decades behind the microphone calling NBA games for the Portland Trail Blazers is heading to the Basketball Hall of Fame later this year.
  • 04/13/12 Remembering Harry Kalas Source: NBC - NBC 10 - Philadelphia PA It's been three years since Phillies fans last heard the famous words "That ball's outta here."
  • 04/13/12 Harry Kalas remembered three years after his death;... Source: LehighValleyLive.com - Harrisburg PA AP Photo | ALEX BRANDON Teelin Nowlan, 3, son of the sculptor Lawrence J. Nowlan, Jr., is photographed with the newly unveiled statue of Hall of Fame broadcaster Harry Kalas before a game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Arizona Diamondbacks on Aug. 16 in Philadelphia.
  • 04/11/12 WOF Final 5 Source: Phillies Insider Over 8,400 fans have cast their votes and the final five candidates for the Toyota Wall of Fame have been determined.

Background on harry kalas

Harry Norbert Kalas (March 26, 1936 – April 13, 2009) was an American sportscaster, best known for his Ford C.

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